van Ploeg Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
van Ploeg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Ploeg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ploeg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Ploeg occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ploeg? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of van Ploeg live; 47 percent live in South America and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Ploeg is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,110,897. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 63 percent reside, Gelderland, where 13 percent reside and North Brabant, where 13 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands van Ploeg is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 26 percent reside and Argentina, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Plugge | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanplake | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Poelijk | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Pollock | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Bleek | 67 | 62 | / |
| van Ballegoy | 67 | 58 | / |
| van Blake | 67 | 23 | / |
| van Poelwijk | 67 | 19 | / |
| van Block | 67 | 7 | / |
| von Pflug | 67 | 5 | / |
| von Palko | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Poelwyck | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bleck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Von-Pflug | 56 | 5 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Ploeg
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